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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bear say has to happen for a person to have a life?
(a) To have one good friend.
(b) To ask questions.
(c) To travel to at least three other countries.
(d) To have loved on good woman.

2. With what does the man threaten Crispin?
(a) To take him back to Crispin's village.
(b) A beating.
(c) Taking him to his father.
(d) Tying him up and leaving him to starve.

3. Why is the man going to his next destination?
(a) To earn some money.
(b) To see his girlfriend.
(c) To meet with another man.
(d) To enlist in the army.

4. What position does John Aycliffe hold in the village?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Steward of the Manor.
(c) School teacher.
(d) Constable.

5. What does Crispin do when he lies beside the road?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Cries.
(c) Buries his lead cross.
(d) Prays to God.

6. How does Crispin feel about being on his own?
(a) Excited but wary.
(b) Happy.
(c) Tired and frightened.
(d) Confident.

7. What does the man the boy does not know do when he sees the boy?
(a) Restrains Aycliffe.
(b) Draws his sword and goes towards him.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Throws him to the ground.

8. How does the man treat Crispin?
(a) Like the son of Lord Furnival.
(b) He mocks him and treats him as if Crispin is stupid.
(c) As if Crispin is his younger brother.
(d) He ignores him.

9. What does the man do to earn a living?
(a) He is a hunter.
(b) He is a courier.
(c) He is a juggler.
(d) He is a blacksmith.

10. What is the name of the village where the boy lives?
(a) Blystown.
(b) Wexley-on-Avon.
(c) Stromford.
(d) Victoria.

11. How does Crispin feel about the man's behavior?
(a) Puzzled.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Happy.
(d) Resentful and angry.

12. What did Bear do after the performers disbanded?
(a) Become a blacksmith.
(b) Start writing a book.
(c) Become a sailor.
(d) Became a soldier.

13. How does Bear feel about the laws in the country about animals?
(a) He is indifferent to them.
(b) He does not know what they are.
(c) He resents them
(d) He feels they are reasonable.

14. Where does the boy go the night after his mother dies?
(a) To the river.
(b) To the manor.
(c) To the church.
(d) To Goodwife Haverty's house.

15. What does Crispin tell Bear about Lord Furnival?
(a) That the lord is his father.
(b) That Aycliffe plans to kill Furnival.
(c) That he has seen Furnival once.
(d) That the lord is at war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the man going when Crispin meets him?

2. What does the man decide to do after they walk for awhile?

3. What does Crispin see in one of the houses in the village?

4. Who looks at Bear and Crispin with hatred while the two are entertaining the villagers?

5. What does the man do when Crispin answers him?

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